What Is Logic?

What is logic? Textbooks typically introduce the subject as the science of consequence. Thus in an early section of his estimable primer-a section entitled "What Logic Is About"-we find Benson Mates explaining that logic investigates the relation of consequence that holds between the premi...

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Published inTruth, Reference and Realism Vol. 1; pp. 125 - 175
Main Author Rumfitt, Ian
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Central European University Press 2011
Edition1
Subjects
Alethiology
Behavioral sciences
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Deductive reasoning
Denotational semantics
Epistemology
Formal logic
Grammar
Grammatical moods
Grammemes
Indicative conditionals
Inference
Linguistics
Logic
Logical givens
Logical operators
Logical postulates
Logical suppositions
Logical topics
Mathematical logic
Mathematical validity
Philosophy
Psychology
Reasoning
Subjunctive mood
Thought processes
Truth
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ISBN9639776866
9789639776869
DOI10.1515/9789639776920-3

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Summary:What is logic? Textbooks typically introduce the subject as the science of consequence. Thus in an early section of his estimable primer-a section entitled "What Logic Is About"-we find Benson Mates explaining that logic investigates the relation of consequence that holds between the premises and the conclusion of a sound argument. An argument is said to be sound (correct, valid) if its conclusion follows from or is a consequence of its premises; otherwise it is unsound.1 (Mates 1965, 2)
ISBN:9639776866
9789639776869
DOI:10.1515/9789639776920-3